The difference between a business passport and a private passport

The difference between a business passport and a private passport is as follows:

1. Passports for business include diplomatic passports, official passports and ordinary passports for business; Personal passport is an ordinary passport used by ordinary citizens to go abroad;

2. Passports for business are mainly issued to civil servants; Personal passports are issued to ordinary citizens of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The usage scenario of official passport:

1. Passport holder: usually a national civil servant or staff of some state-owned enterprises;

2. Purpose of going abroad: mainly used for going abroad to perform official duties or national tasks;

3. Application for examination and approval: an application needs to be submitted through the work unit or the competent department, and it will be examined and approved by the diplomatic department or authorized institution;

4. Validity period: The validity period of business passports is generally short, which generally matches the time of going abroad;

5. Visa convenience: In some cases, business passports can enjoy some visa convenience or visa-free treatment.

To sum up, the main difference between a business passport and a personal passport lies in the type and the issuing object. The former includes diplomatic passports, business passports and ordinary business passports, which are specially issued for public servants, while the latter refers to ordinary passports used by ordinary citizens in non-official activities such as traveling abroad, visiting and studying abroad.

Legal basis:

Passport Law of the People's Republic of China

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Passports are divided into ordinary passports, diplomatic passports and official passports. Passports are recommended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to foreign governments through diplomatic channels.

Article 4

Ordinary passports are issued by the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security or the Exit-Entry Administration of the public security organs of local people's governments at or above the county level entrusted by the Ministry of Public Security, as well as China's embassies and consulates abroad and other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Official passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the people of China, China's embassies and consulates abroad or other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the foreign affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities with districts entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Article 5

Citizens who go abroad for non-official reasons, such as settling in a foreign country, visiting relatives, studying, obtaining employment, traveling and engaging in business activities, shall apply for an ordinary passport to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where their household registration is located.

Article 8

Diplomatic officers, consular officers and their accompanying spouses, minor children and diplomatic envoys hold diplomatic passports. Employees sent by the China government working in China's embassies and consulates abroad or the United Nations and its specialized agencies and other intergovernmental international organizations, their accompanying spouses and minor children hold official passports. Where citizens other than those mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs go abroad to perform official duties, their work units shall apply to the diplomatic department in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 4 of this Law, and the diplomatic department shall issue diplomatic passports or official passports in accordance with the provisions.